If you’re not sure where to begin, begin here. These are a few poems to walk in by — doors that open easy.
You don’t need to read them in order, and you don’t need to finish. Sit with one. Read it slowly, out loud if you can; these were built for the ear and the breath. If it moves you, the whole collection is waiting, in any order you like. And if a poem ever leaves you cold, that’s the poem’s job to win you, not yours to try harder. Just turn to the next one.
A few to start with
Yesmile
The whole credo in one coined word — yes and smile fused — and a promise that you were meant to be here, with no test to pass and no fee at the gate.
The Great Compassion
A bold thing to say to a stranger: that you were meant to find these words right now, not by coincidence, but as a homecoming.
One Open Hand
The one image to keep in your pocket — the door was never a door — and the small secret of the fist that loosens almost without your permission.
Get Shown the Light
A short, glowing blessing, generous and already in motion, passing hand to hand toward you.
What You Came For
The longest poem here, and the one to read slowly, out loud, and alone — a poem that doesn’t just get read, it reads you.
When you’re ready, the full collection is just through here.